§1What this business is
Preformed round wire is fed into an automatic machine that flattens it, joins the wires into strips with a special adhesive and cuts them into lengths of 50 pins. Strips are boxed 1,000 pins to a packet. Buyers are stationery wholesalers and shops, offices, schools, banks and garment and packing units.
Capacity: 1,500 packets (of 1,000 pins) a day, 4,50,000 packets a year; 70% in year 1 rising to 90%.
§2Is it right for you?
Who it is for
A stationery trader who already sells to shops and offices and wants own manufacturing.
Who it is not for
Someone who expects high margins from a low-price product.
Advantages
- One automatic machine does most of the work
- Every office, school and bank uses staples
- Small space and few workers
- Easy to store and transport
Drawbacks
- Thin margin in the first years
- Price-driven market with many small makers
- Depends on wire and adhesive prices
- Needs a distributor network to sell volume
Skills you need
- Machine setting and maintenance
- Wire and adhesive buying
- Stationery distribution
- Cost control
Why difficulty 2/5: Simple one-machine process; profit depends on volume selling.
§3Market
Who buys
- Offices, schools, colleges and banks
- Garment, leather and rubber units
- Shops that deliver goods in packets
How it sells
- Stationery wholesalers and distributors
- Stationery shops
- Office-supply contracts
Good to know
- The report also sees export openings for staple pins.
§4Raw material & machinery
| Item | Qty | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic staple pin making machine | 1 | ₹4,50,000 |
| Other machines and equipment | 1 lot | ₹50,000 |
From: PMEGP sample project report — Staple Pins (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)
- Preformed wire, 0.45 mm and 0.6 mm7,000 kg a year at ₹60 a kg at full capacity
- Staple pin adhesive3,000 kg a year at ₹200 a kg
- Packing material₹40,000 a year
From: PMEGP sample project report — Staple Pins (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)
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§5Licences & registration
- Udyam
- GST
- Trade licence
- Trademark for your brand name (optional)
§6Schemes & subsidies
- PMEGPCentralActive15–35% subsidy
- MudraCentralActiveLoan up to ₹20 lakh, no collateral
- CGTMSECentralActiveNo collateral, up to ₹10 crore
- Stand-Up IndiaCentralClosed₹10 lakh – ₹1 crore loan
PMEGP (the report was made for it), MUDRA up to ₹20 L, CGTMSE for a collateral-free loan, Stand-Up India for SC/ST or women founders.
§7Money
How the investment is worked out: PMEGP sample report: shed 800 sq ft ₹3.00 L, plant & machinery ₹5.00 L, furniture ₹1.00 L, working capital ₹1.67 L = ₹10.67 L.
Working capital: Working capital ₹1.67 L (bank CC ₹1.50 L): 15 days of stock.
Year not printed on the report — check current machinery prices.
§8Export potential
Confirm the HS code in the DGFT ITC(HS) lookup before you export
Export council / board: EEPC India
- Confirm the 8-digit ITC(HS) line with DGFT or your customs broker.
§9Risks — where people fail
- Wire price rise
- Price cutting by competitors
- Machine breakdown stops all output
- Slow collection from distributors
§1030 / 60 / 90-day plan
A general plan that applies to any business. A plan for this business will be added after research.
- Days 1–30: Visit a working staple pins unit unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
- Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (Udyam, GST), a project report (DPR), and the scheme or loan file.
- Days 61–90: Space and machines, trial production, and first deliveries to 10 customers.
§11Who to connect with
Associations, clusters and training institutes — the directory is being built. Connect
§12Watch
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Want to start Staple Pins Unit?
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¶Sources
Data review: 6 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Report it. For information only — not legal or financial advice.